Blu-ray will win. The power to destroy a planet is insignifigant compared to the power of being a major movie studio and hardware manufacturer as well. PS3 may very well be the first next-gen player many people own, and they'll be putting out a million a month from 11/6-3/7. Meanwhile HD-DVD will have their own expensive players, or an expensive add-on to the 360. We all remember how well add-ons to consoles do in the marketplace (Dreamcast DVD, Genesis CD, N64 CD anyone?).

Sony has a lot of marketing work ahead of them. Ask the average consumer who doesn't play video games, "What's an HD-DVD and what's a Blu-Ray disc?" Most will relate to HD-DVD's, which are cheaper to make, though they don't hold as much info. The 360 already has a jump on Sony, so even though I'm a PS2 fan planning to buy a PS3, if any format is gonna win the war, I'd say HD-DVD...

Regular DVD has only been around for about seven years, and already they want to replace it... The HD-DVD players better play CD's and regular DVD's, otherwise, why bother switching?

I wonder if the average buyer will want to spend more for a small difference... Regular DVD on HDTV looks great as it is. How high do we need our Resolution to enjoy the movie? Why not just jump to 3D?
Sounds like the market is trying to tell consumers what to like... Again.

Hell, I've been buying up Laserdiscs for some movies that aren't as good on DVD (notably, Star Wars and Blade Runner).

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!

The Big Industries can shove all the new crap that they want but the bottom line is Us the consumers the ones that determine what new tech succeeds or fails, there are still people with out DVD Players in America now if these people have not purchased a DVD Player what makes you think that they will buy a Blue Ray player for a grand or a HD-DVD when you can buy a cheap DVD player for $60 bucks?? Take LCD,HDTV and Projection TVs not everyone owns these TVs and they have been around for several years now considering they continue to drop in price, 2 to 4 grand for a TV is not feasible for the average Joe much less a Grand for a Movie player....

Yeah. They are the best versions as well. Now I just need my own Laserdisc player.

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!

So higher resolution, plus one disc for the film and tons of extras, on BR and HDDVD... When the HD player lowers to $100 bucks, and the movies sell for under $20 like DVD's(seen them for $25), and if they can play DVD's too, then I'll consider it.

Anybody know if an HDDVD player plays DVD's? I'm pretty sure the PS3's BR will be able to read blu-ray AND DVD's, since it will be backwards compatible with the PS2, which uses DVD-Rom.